Pete Bethune: My Time In a Japanese Prison

In Global Animal's podcast interview with conservationist and anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune, he describes his three months in a Japanese prison and the regimen that kept him sane. Bethune discusses being treated like Hannibal Lector, brought in chained and shackled by 100 security guards, and how his reputation as a crazy Sea Shepherd 'eco-terrorist' may have actually saved his Kiwi butt.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Sea Shepherd
• Shonan Maru
• Anti-Whaling
• Peter Bethune and prison

[spoddie]

You're a criminal and you're guilty of piracy. You should have been hung.

[zoltan6561]

@wingwaabuddha

Animals are more important than humans.

[cherri7]

that is just crazy that they escorted you there with allot of guards as if you just massacre a village full of people lol.

[lokalllize]

did you have to eat any japanese meat while in prison

[planetrockford]

Just keep thinking 'I am doing this for the whales'. You are a hero.

[therealdefpunk]

Breaking laws of a country follows to bear the consequences. What would he say, being a netherlands guy bringing some pot to japan and be arrested for seven years?

[tsetse]

Very interesting. I just watched a documentary about sensory deprivation. Everyone started talking to themself hehe

[goodyshare]

You are a POOR VERSION of Michelal Churtoff!! You are about ME ME ME AND MORE ME ME ME need a little more attention you?

[wingwaabuddha]

oh look a sea shepherd idiot...lets try to kill fishermen...by ramming our boat into another...in the name of protecting an animal... an animal that has been hunted for whale blubber by the US first...until the US brought whale hunting to Japan....US lost all its whales...Japan didnt...yet you are going to hurt people who are simply catching an animal...do you eat chicken? beef? dumb people like you....will never understand that humans are more important than your precious animals

[yobabebayugly]

Pete you rock!!